Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0Only 2.7% of households have no car in Tosse
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 9.8% in Tosse. There were 1,610 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 3,556 residents. For Tosse, the census puts households in social housing at 3.6%. This Landes town has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 94% of compared French towns, at 7.7%.
Throughout this page, the Landes median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Tosse
Growing fast
Tosse had 2,408 residents at the 2012 census and 3,556 in 2023, up 48%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 99% of compared French towns: Tosse changed by +48% since 2012
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The first five years brought +22%; the six to 2023, +21%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Landes town +9%.
A median age of 45.8: Tosse is older than 62% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tosse 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (23%).
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 30% in Tosse, less than in 78% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Landes median and the France median
Living alone · share
29% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 11% are single parents with their children (10%). Single-parent households are more common here than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
Tosse sits below 79% of compared French towns for flats (14%)
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
One in ten households have been in place 30 years or more; 11% moved in within the last two years. At 6.6%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
A median of €28,160 a year per consumption unit
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,160 a year: higher than in 72% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 10.0% of residents.
10% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Here 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 54% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.2% in Tosse, less than in 72% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Tosse has 2.8%. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 21% in Tosse, less than in 85% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Married residents: 43% of the total. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
9.4% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
The figure for graduates of higher education is 42% in Tosse and 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
19th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 3,535 to 3,577
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 34.9 in Rubelles to 63.3 in Deauville.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Tosse are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tosse | 45.8 | 23% | 9.8% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse 8,014 · 2.3 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 3.6% | 5.8% |
| Seignosse 4,056 · 2.6 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 71% | 6.3% |
| Soustons 8,701 · 4.2 mi | 53.5 | 33% | 35% | 6% |
| Bénesse-Maremne 3,780 · 4.3 mi | 42.6 | 18% | 6.3% | 4.5% |
| Soorts-Hossegor 3,817 · 4.5 mi | 62.6 | 47% | 64% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne 3,089 · 5.1 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 5.2% | 5.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Tosse
What is the population of Tosse?
3,556 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 48% more than in 2012 (2,408).
How old are Tosse’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tosse?
190, with occasional dwellings: 9.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tosse?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 99 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tosse?
€28,160 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line. Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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